The Sun Is A Magnet!

Sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, OH MY!

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As massive magnetic fusion reactors go, the sun is pretty awesome.

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All the sun science you've ever wanted:

Footage via NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, ESA/Hubble, and Pond5

Joe Hanson - Host and writer
Joe Nicolosi - Director
Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer
Editing/Motion Graphics - Andrew Matthews

Music:
"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod

Artwork/photos via Shutterstock

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[Minecraftster]

The size of Texas seems to be used as a unit more than you would think

[MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Bill Wurtz: "NO. THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER.

[kalmar]

This is stupid, Simba told us in Lion King that the stars are the dead kings of the past looking down on us, therefore the sun is a lion's spirit. It's true becuase it was in a tale i saw.

[slimjimoo]

I here i was about to go to bed. Thanks IOTBS!!

[mayanpaw]

I'd love to find out more about how lightning forms during volcanic eruptions.

[alanpzeiser]

just curious...what is the name/composer of the piece of music being played in the last half of the video during the aurora borealis bit? Nicely chosen!

[dsquareddan]

hmm. i always spelled it woah. makes more sense when you read it that way instead of whoa. i just see that as who-a

[RafaelLopezNewton]

It show the beauty  and power of nature in ways that are beyond my imagination.

[UltimateBiosparkX]

I'm just blown away by the sight and knowledge of it all. I need a

[allieatwood]

If anyone is going to the Yukon Territory or Iceland this winter I'd be happy to accompany you! I've always wanted to see the aurora borealis. 

[yumeichenchin]

Damn, this video was surprisingly short.

[NENE]

Joe, I saw this video the other day and it made me go "Whoa that is crazy!"
Amazing Resonance Experiment!
Can you explain the science behind this?

[sebastianstewart]

Electromagnet as magnetism requires a crystalline structure to exist. Also dynamic (moving) magnetism is again a proof of electromagnet.

[TubaBuddha]

There recently is or was something above the sun's northern pole that is either putting energy into or taking energy out of the sun. It is huge. It was found on satellite images. And the person showing it online had never seen anything like it before. There is also almost no sun spot activity associated with this object. That you should look into. 

[thatlad]

A question... Can two thinks every be exactly the same?

[KwakWack]

You said "as wide as Texas", isn't it the size of France?

[ladu]

Классное видео! мне понравилось, молодец!) Вообще уважаю труд тех кто делает видео, и ведет свои каналы. Я сама веду канал и знаю, как это непросто - записывать ролики.
Продолжай в том же духе!

[BeCurieUs]

Great video, as always, but your sun as to many Deuterons!  If the density of deuterium was as depicted, the sun would explode like a fusion bomb!  What is interesting is just how bad at fusion the sun is.  It is why they last for billions and billions of years, because the creation of deuterium in sun sized stars is a really slow process.  "Kenneth S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics, Wiley, 1987, p. 537"

[fartzinwind]

I've always been fond of Space BOOZ! The Alcohol clouds out in space.

[pain_codm]

You forgot to say "stay curious" 😥